chromary
The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
support≈ Delulu#9FB0FF
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ GoldAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Gold #D4AF37.chromary

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HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.

How It Reads#CDB459 set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Panel on #CDB459#CDB459Set in Panel on #CDB459, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#CDB459 on Panel#CDB459Set in #CDB459 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#CDB459 on Tortoiseshell#CDB459Set in #CDB459 on Tortoiseshell, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#CDB459 on Iron#CDB459Set in #CDB459 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
Tortoiseshell on #CDB459#CDB459Set in Tortoiseshell on #CDB459, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CDB459#CDB459Set in Iron on #CDB459, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #CDB459The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Panel still stands clearly off #CDB459 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)